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Well, good morning, Christ Family Church.
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If you're visiting, I would like to say a couple things specifically to you.
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We good?
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Can you hear me?
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Hear me?
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A couple things to our visitors this morning specifically.
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First is that I'm not the pastor of CFC.
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The pastor is actually on sabbatical right now.
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We're giving him a short break from teaching.
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He'll be back with us next week in person,
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but I'll also be teaching next week.
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So if you're thinking, after all this is over,
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man, that preacher, he was just a nutcase,
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then, first of all, I wouldn't disagree.
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But what you're going to see over the next three weeks, actually,
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is not what you'll normally see if you start to attend here.
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Second, we're really glad that you're here as a guest with us.
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There's a lot of reasons to choose a church,
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and there's a lot of reasons why I've chosen this church to bring my family to
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and to attend here on a regular basis, to be in fellowship with this faith family.
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And those reasons are numerous.
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This is truly a genuine body of believers,
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and I say that as an affirmation to those regular attenders as well.
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It's a pleasure this morning to be able to share his word with you.
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And if you have a Bible, and I hope that you do,
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turn with me to Colossians chapter 2.
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Colossians chapter 2.
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We're going to be specifically looking at verses 8 through 15.
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We're supposed to be looking at verses 9 through 15,
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but verse 9 simply is not complete without verse 8.
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And so we're going to have to take a look at verse 8 as well.
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And before we jump into that verse, I would really like to open up with more prayer.
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I know we've already prayed before the sermon,
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but there's something that's weighing heavily on my heart this morning,
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and that is a congregation in Charleston, South Carolina,
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who is potentially for the first time in a long time meeting just like we are this morning,
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but without their shepherd.
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Many of you know that there's a congregation this week during their Bible study
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that a young man opened fire, gunshot fire, and killed nine individuals,
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nine congregants, including their pastor.
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And so let's just go to the Lord in prayer for that congregation
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as they're meeting potentially even right now
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while we meet and gather together this morning as well.
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Heavenly Father, we are so grateful
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that we can come to you freely in our country.
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Father, we've seen so little persecution
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in relation to the rest of the world,
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but Father, we know that there are tragedies that happen.
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And Father, they open our eyes to the nature of sin.
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And Father, this is an excellent example,
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what happened this week is an excellent example
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of human depravity
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and the ugliness that is involved
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and the depravity that exists
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in our sinful nature.
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Father, we lift up this congregation
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even as they hopefully are even gathered together right now
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that you would encourage them.
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Father, that you'd lift their spirits
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and help them to mourn peacefully
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and help them to mourn well.
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We thank you for the courage of the city of Charleston,
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for the way that they've handled it,
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the whole situation.
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And Father, we just pray for them right now
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as they are missing loved ones,
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as they are missing friends and family,
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and as they are missing their pastor this morning.
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We pray, Father, for that congregation.
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We pray also for us as we gather here together
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for the safety of this congregation as well.
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But also, Father, that you would indeed speak
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in and through me,
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that you would just illuminate your word for us this morning
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as we gather together.
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We pray this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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All right, I kind of want to give you a road map
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of kind of where we're heading
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over the next two weeks together.
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What we're dealing with is worldly philosophy,
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the sufficiency of Christ,
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and then kind of in the background,
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we're dealing with this whole concept
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of expository apologetics.
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So, philosophy is a word
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that appears in verse 8.
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See to it that no one takes you captive
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by philosophy.
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Philosophy comes from two Greek words,
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phileo and sophia.
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Phileo meaning to love,
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sophia meaning wisdom.
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So, philosophy, we can look at it
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as a word that means love of wisdom.
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All throughout history,
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man has pursued this fascination with wisdom,
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be it for good or for bad.
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And philosophy itself really boils down
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to the effort of man to determine
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the ultimate causes on the earth and the universe.
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The second aspect to both this morning and next week
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is the sufficiency of Christ
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over worldly philosophy.
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That Christ is sufficient.
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Christ is greater than,
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ultimately, he's greater than worldly wisdom
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or worldly philosophy.
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And then the third simply flows naturally
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from the first two.
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And that is in light of the supremacy
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and the sufficiency of Christ.
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Over worldly philosophy,
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Paul exhorts us to practice
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expository apologetics.
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Now, to be clear here,
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there's probably 18 different ways
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I could have dissected this passage.
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And it was really, really difficult
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to be able to take all the angles
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on this passage.
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So, in a very real sense,
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there's going to be,
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the best way that I could choose
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to break it down
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is to kind of talk about a backstory,
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something that's going along,
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the kind of theme that runs
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throughout the book of Colossians,
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and also to teach the actual text
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that we're seeing.
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And so what we're going to see
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is this idea of expository apologetics
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come up kind of in the background
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of what's going on in all of this.
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I'm going to try to weave
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in and out of it gracefully,
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as gracefully as I know how,
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and we're going to kind of talk about
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this idea of expository apologetics.
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So what is expository apologetics?
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A lot of you are probably thinking,
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what in the world?
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What is this word, expository?
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Expository simply means
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to expose a truth from a text,
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in our case, scripture.
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So that's what expository means.
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And apologetics,
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there's a lot of different ways
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we could define it,
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but Cornelius Van Til
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kind of gives us a broad definition
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that I find useful.
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He argues that apologetics
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is the vindication
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of the Christian philosophy of life
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against the various forms
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of the non-Christian philosophy of life.
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I'm going to say that again
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for anybody who might be taking notes,
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and just so we can let it soak
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into our minds.
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Apologetics is the vindication
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of the Christian philosophy of life
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against the various forms
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of the non-Christian philosophies of life.
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What I really appreciate
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about this definition
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is that he basically boils
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all worldviews down
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into two separate categories.
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You have the Christian worldview
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or the biblical worldview,
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and then there's everything else.
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It also is the vindication
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of the Christian philosophy of life.
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It's not necessarily
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the vindication of me.
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Oftentimes when we talk
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about apologetics,
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we want it to be
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the vindication of me.
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We want to win the argument,
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and we want to be the ones
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who philosophically,
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or however you want to put it,
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defeat the enemies of Christianity.
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And that's not what this is all about.
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It's the vindication
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of the Christian philosophy of life,
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not winning an argument,
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not the vindication of me,
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not me wanting to win.
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So apologetics in the simplest form,
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the way we can break it down,
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simple definition,
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is knowing what we believe,
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why we believe it,
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and to be able to communicate
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that clearly to others.
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Knowing what we believe,
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why we believe,
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and last but not least,
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certainly not least in this case,
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being able to communicate that
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clearly and effectively
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to other people.
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That's what we mean
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when we're talking about apologetics.
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And Paul was an incredible
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expository apologist.
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In the passage that we're looking at
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over the next couple of weeks,
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there's some of the finest exhortations
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that he's using expository apologetics
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as we're going along.
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And I have to tell you,
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if you haven't already figured this out,
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I'm excited about the next two weeks
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teaching this,
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because this is something
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that we need to be doing
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in our Christian walk
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that by and large
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we're not doing as believers
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in our culture.
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And so I hope
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to not only dissect
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and exposit the great truths
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that are in this text,
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but I hope also
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that we can have some tools
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and hopefully we can learn
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a little bit about this,
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how we can apply
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expository apologetics
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to our life
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in a very tangible way.
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As I've been meditating
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over this passage
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the past several weeks,
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I've kind of been
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not thinking about cookies
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as Alex,
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so got us going with that.
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But I've been meditating
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and just kind of thinking
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all angles of this passage.
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And one of the things
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that kind of came up to me
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was some of the times
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I've been recalling
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that I've been stumped
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in a way
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by somebody who wasn't a believer
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or just being misled
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by these empty philosophies.
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And it's happened to me before.
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One instance,
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I was sitting in an ethics class
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at University of North,
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well actually it was
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North Georgia College,
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State University then.
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But some of you college students
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may be able to relate to this.
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But I was sitting in a class
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under a professor,
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an ethics professor,
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definitely not a believer.
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And I won't mention her name
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just for the purposes of anonymity.
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But she presented to the class
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what she herself has determined
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to be the greatest argument
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against Christian ethics.
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Okay, she's talking about
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the problems,
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how problematic
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that Christian ethics can be.
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And she said,
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when you hold to
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a Christian set of beliefs
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or a Christian ethical system,
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you have to ask yourself,
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are your actions right
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because God says they're right?
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Or does God command them
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because they already are right?
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Either way,
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you have problems.
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Either answer
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that you come up with,
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there are inherent problems
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with the answer.
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If morals,
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that is what is right and wrong.
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If they are solely based
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on God telling us
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what is right or wrong,
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then God is merely
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creating morality
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as he speaks it
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or as he reveals it to us.
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Which means that
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what was right and wrong
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before he said it
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did not apply
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until after he said it.
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And so there's some
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inherent problems with that.
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There's not a universal
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moral system
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because of that.
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And God can change morality
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however he sees fit.
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That's their argument
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at the very least.
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If the opposite is true,
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then God commands us
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to right actions
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because they already are right.
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What does it mean?
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It means that there's
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some morality
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outside of God.
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That there's some
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moral system
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or moral code
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that supersedes God
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and God has to follow
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by that moral code as well
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which makes him
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not all powerful.
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He is no longer omnipotent.
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Which believers
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have a tough time reconciling.
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And this is how
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it was presented to us
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in class.
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And I have to tell you,
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I was stumped by this
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in class
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when I was in college.
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I wouldn't have an answer
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until several years later
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when I began to realize
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at the base level
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that there was
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fundamental flaws
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in this empty
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and deceptive philosophy
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that they were trying
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to teach
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in a class.
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By the way,
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it's the very thing
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that verse 8
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warns us about.
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You see,
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her argument
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was not an original idea.
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It's an argument
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that's been presented
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years,
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like hundreds
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and thousands
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of years ago.
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and it's been
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passed down
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over the centuries.
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And what she presented
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is called
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a false dichotomy.
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A false dichotomy.
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It's a clever fallacy
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that leads someone
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to believe
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and there's only
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two options.
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There's only
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two options there.
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And so as I began
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to understand the Word
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and as I began
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to grow in the Word
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and grow in my understanding
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of the character
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of God,
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I began to realize
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that neither option
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was the case.
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and the key point
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that I was missing
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the whole time
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that I was mulling
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over this,
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and some of you,
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I'm sure,
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if you're following along
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or dying to know
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the answer,
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some of you may already
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know the answer,
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but the key point
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is that morality
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does not exist
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outside of God,
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nor does God
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simply create morality
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as He goes along,
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but that Christian ethics
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and Christian morals
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are based on the very
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character of God.
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And that's the key.
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It's based on His character,
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which means that there
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is indeed
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a third option there
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and that everything
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that God tells us
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and everything
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that we know
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to be true
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in terms of
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biblical morality
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is all centered
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and all developed
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within His character.
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It's within His very character.
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And that takes us
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outside of the dichotomy,
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the false dichotomy,
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and moreover,
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God has given us
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the ability
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to understand
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His character
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in His Word.
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So we already
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can know
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this character.
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We can already know
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God through His Word.
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But this is the way
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in which the philosophers
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really work.
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This is the way
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that they present
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these ideas.
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Most of them
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deny the existence
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of God.
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They try to rationalize
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away any idea
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of God
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becoming God-like
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in their own minds
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and creating
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their own codes
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of morality
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apart from God.
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By the way,
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this is a very
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hopeless way to live.
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It's incredibly hopeless.
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It's no wonder
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that people like
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Bertrand Russell,
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at the end of his life,
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at 90 years of age,
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this philosopher,
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at least 70 of those
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years of his life
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were dedicated
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to philosophy,
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worldly philosophy.
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His last words
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in his life
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were that philosophy
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has proved
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a washout for me.
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And that's a long
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washout.
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At least 70 years
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of his life
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dedicated
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to philosophy.
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90 years
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of his entire life,
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everything that he
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had poured out
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in his life
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dedicated to philosophy
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only to come
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to the end
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of his life
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and to realize
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that philosophy,
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this idea
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that he had been
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poured his life
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into,
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was a washout.
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Thomas Hobbes,
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a famous English
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atheistic philosopher,
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drawing near
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to his death,
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he said this,
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he said,
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I am about
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to leap
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into the dark,
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I shall be glad
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to find a hole
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to creep out
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of this world.
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You hear the hopelessness
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in these philosophers
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when they come
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to the end
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of their lives
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and they realize
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that their whole
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life's work
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was a washout.
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And so it goes
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for philosophers.
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This is what happens
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when you want
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to eliminate God
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from your life.
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When you want
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to rationalize him
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away from your own mind.
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Now the city
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of Colossae
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had its philosophers
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as does every culture
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and that has existed
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since the beginning
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of time.
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And the little
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assembly of believers
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that exist there
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in Colossae
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were no different.
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They were in danger
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of being captured
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by this empty philosophy.
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And this is why
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Paul is writing to them.
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They're in danger
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of being infiltrated
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by these ideas
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and their deceptions.
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And by the way,
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this is the case
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for every society.
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This is the case
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for us.
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This is the case
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for people in the past.
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It's the case
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for people in other cultures
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right now currently
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in the world.
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And this becomes
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Paul's great concern
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as this early church
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movement progresses.
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And this concern
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becomes really
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the heart of the letter
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to the Colossians
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that we see right here.
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So as we get to
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chapter 2,
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verse 8,
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we're really getting
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into the heart
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of this entire letter.
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This is really
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Paul's verses 8
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through 23.
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This kind of can be
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taken as one section.
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And we're really
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getting to the heart
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of what Paul's
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main message is
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to the Colossians here.
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And if we broke
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them down into
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different types
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of philosophy
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that Paul is speaking
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to in these verses,
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we would essentially
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find four different
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aspects of these
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false doctrines
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or these heresies
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that he's combating
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here in these passages.
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Verses 8 through 15,
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this is kind of
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giving you an outline
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of where we're going
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as well.
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Verses 8 through 15
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deal with human philosophy
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or humanism.
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This is primarily
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where we're going
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to be living
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this morning
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for our purposes.
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Verses 16 through 17
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for next week,
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they're speaking
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to legalism.
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Verses 18 and 19
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talk about a rather
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mystical worship
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of angels.
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And then fourthly,
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there's an element
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of asceticism,
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which is a false
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type of humility
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that we would see,
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for instance,
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in monasticism
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where monks
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and nuns,
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how they try
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to remove themselves
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from all pleasure
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in the world
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at all.
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And so we see
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this false humility
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being combated against.
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And so as we read
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this passage together,
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by the way,
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we're jumping in
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from that background
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phase back into
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the text.
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Okay, so we're going
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into what this text
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directly teaches us.
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So as we read
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this passage together,
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I want you to notice
17:23
two diametrically
17:24
opposed ideas
17:25
that are going here.
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The first is
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captured by philosophy
17:28
or complete in Christ.
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captured by philosophy
17:33
or complete in Christ.
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This is the story
17:36
of every human being
17:37
because every human being
17:39
is either captured
17:40
by worldly philosophy
17:41
or he is complete
17:44
in Christ.
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There's only two options
17:46
there.
17:47
It's pretty simple.
17:48
Either a man or woman
17:48
becomes a victim
17:49
of empty human philosophy
17:51
or he or she
17:53
becomes complete in Christ.
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Let's begin reading
17:55
in verse 8.
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See to it that no one
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takes you captive
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through hollow
18:01
and deceptive philosophy
18:02
which depends on
18:04
human tradition
18:04
and the basic principles
18:05
of this world
18:06
rather than on Christ.
18:08
This is what Paul
18:09
is saying here.
18:10
It's essentially a warning.
18:11
To beware lest those
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of you who have already
18:13
been rescued out
18:15
of the dominion
18:15
of darkness
18:16
and brought into the light
18:18
through the blood
18:19
of Christ
18:19
lest you be carried off
18:21
like captives
18:22
and being enslaved again.
18:24
And so this whole idea
18:26
that Christ has captured us
18:28
away from the darkness
18:29
and from the dominion
18:30
of darkness
18:30
and brought us into light
18:31
you don't want to go back
18:33
to the darkness.
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This is a warning
18:35
that Paul has given to us.
18:36
This is a call to vigilance
18:38
to continually be aware
18:40
and watchful
18:41
lest we be led astray.
18:44
The church is always
18:46
under siege by false teachers.
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Matthew 7.15
18:49
Jesus warns
18:50
Beware of false teachers
18:52
who come to you
18:53
in sheep's clothing
18:54
but inwardly
18:55
they are ravenous wolves.
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And this is happening
18:59
all over America
19:00
whether you realize it
19:01
or not
19:02
there are people
19:03
in our congregations
19:05
all across America
19:06
and the church
19:07
as a whole
19:08
a capital C church
19:09
where people
19:10
are pretending
19:10
or demonstrating
19:12
themselves
19:13
they appear
19:13
to be one of the sheep
19:15
one of God's elect
19:17
one of God's
19:17
chosen followers
19:19
and yet
19:20
they are
19:21
wolves
19:23
and they are
19:24
leading people astray
19:25
and this isn't just
19:27
people in the congregation
19:28
this is pastors
19:29
there are pastors
19:31
and people
19:32
you can just
19:33
flip on the TV
19:34
most of the people
19:35
on TV
19:35
won't list any names
19:36
but most of the people
19:38
on TV
19:38
they've gotten to the point
19:40
where they are
19:40
because they're really
19:41
really good with words
19:42
and they're really
19:43
really good with
19:43
leading people astray.
19:44
a lot of these
19:45
televangelists
19:46
that you see
19:47
on TV
19:48
they come with
19:49
this positive message
19:50
they come with
19:50
they come looking
19:52
like sheep
19:52
and yet they're
19:53
leading people
19:54
astray by the thousands
19:55
if nothing else
19:56
they're leading people
19:57
in a mediocrity
19:58
into doing nothing
20:00
with their faith
20:01
they're leading people
20:03
into not fulfilling
20:04
the great commission
20:05
that we are called to
20:06
and this
20:07
is a wolf
20:07
in sheep's glory
20:08
they're not going to
20:08
present themselves
20:09
as wolves
20:10
they're going to
20:11
present themselves
20:12
as sheep
20:12
as light
20:13
it's going to
20:14
look like light
20:15
but really inwardly
20:16
the ravenous wolves
20:17
Paul warns us
20:18
in Ephesians
20:18
the Ephesians elders
20:19
in Acts 20-29
20:20
he says this
20:22
I know that after
20:23
my departure
20:24
grievous wolves
20:25
will enter among you
20:25
not sparing the flock
20:27
Peter warned as well
20:28
2 Peter 3-17
20:30
beware
20:30
lest you be led astray
20:32
with the air
20:33
of the wicked fall
20:34
from your own steadfastness
20:36
so Jesus
20:37
warns us
20:39
Paul warns us
20:41
Peter says
20:42
beware
20:42
this hollow
20:45
philosophy
20:46
is deceptive
20:47
in other words
20:48
it's a lot like
20:49
fishing
20:49
right
20:50
fishing
20:51
deceptive
20:51
anybody like to fish
20:52
I love the fish
20:54
we've taken Joseph
20:55
a couple times
20:55
already this month
20:56
it's a lot of fun
20:57
it's a great pastime
20:58
it's really beneficial
20:59
to the fishermen
21:00
right
21:01
not so much
21:02
to the fish
21:03
the interesting
21:06
thing about
21:07
a fish hook
21:08
is that's not
21:09
what the fish
21:10
expects
21:11
right
21:12
a lot of
21:13
comedians
21:14
have joked
21:14
about this
21:15
they say
21:15
we should just
21:16
call fishing
21:16
what it really is
21:17
which is tricking
21:17
and trapping
21:18
or tricking
21:19
and killing
21:20
we trick them
21:21
and then
21:22
we eat them
21:24
right
21:24
that's kind of
21:25
how it works
21:25
philosophy
21:26
works kind of
21:28
the same
21:29
way
21:29
just like
21:32
the fish
21:32
is not
21:33
he sees
21:34
something
21:34
that he
21:34
thinks
21:35
he's going
21:35
to get
21:35
something
21:36
really
21:36
really good
21:37
really delicious
21:38
he's going
21:38
to have
21:38
his meal
21:39
for that
21:39
day
21:40
and what
21:40
he really
21:41
gets
21:41
is this
21:42
entrapment
21:43
he gets
21:44
a hook
21:45
in his mouth
21:46
and it
21:46
ultimately
21:47
leads to
21:47
his death
21:48
this hollow
21:50
worldly
21:50
philosophy
21:51
is the same
21:52
what looks
21:52
wonderful
21:53
and satisfying
21:54
and beneficial
21:54
turns out
21:55
to be
21:55
entrapping
21:56
it turns out
21:57
to be
21:57
enslaving
21:58
and after
21:58
struggling
21:59
through it
21:59
it ultimately
22:00
leads us
22:01
to death
22:01
that's why
22:03
you have
22:04
all
22:04
seen these
22:06
supposedly
22:06
we see these
22:07
supposedly
22:08
great philosophers
22:09
coming to the
22:11
end of their
22:11
lives and saying
22:12
it was a
22:12
washout
22:13
everything I
22:15
dedicated my
22:15
life to
22:16
in philosophy
22:17
was a
22:17
washout
22:18
I love this
22:19
quote by
22:20
Robert Zastrow
22:21
he's not
22:22
a believer
22:23
but he
22:23
says this
22:24
about
22:25
science
22:26
and about
22:27
the
22:27
biblical
22:28
accounts
22:29
of
22:29
creation
22:30
I love
22:31
this
22:31
I have
22:31
to share
22:32
it
22:32
with
22:32
you
22:32
just
22:33
because
22:33
it's
22:33
so
22:33
great
22:33
it says
22:33
the details
22:34
differ
22:35
but the
22:35
essential
22:36
elements
22:36
in the
22:37
astronomical
22:37
and biblical
22:38
accounts
22:39
of
22:39
Genesis
22:39
are the
22:40
same
22:40
isn't that
22:41
interesting
22:41
a scientist
22:42
saying this
22:43
this is an
22:44
exceedingly
22:44
strange
22:45
development
22:45
unexpected
22:46
by all
22:46
but the
22:47
theologians
22:47
they have
22:48
all believed
22:49
in the
22:49
world of
22:49
the bible
22:50
but we
22:50
scientists
22:51
did not
22:51
expect to
22:52
find evidence
22:53
for an
22:54
abrupt
22:54
beginning
22:54
because we
22:55
have had
22:57
until recently
22:58
such extraordinary
22:59
success in
23:00
tracing the
23:01
chain of
23:01
cause and
23:01
effect
23:02
backward in
23:02
time
23:02
he wrote
23:04
it seems
23:04
as though
23:05
science
23:05
will never
23:06
be able
23:06
to raise
23:07
the curtain
23:08
on the
23:08
mystery
23:09
of
23:09
creation
23:09
for the
23:10
scientist
23:11
who has
23:11
believed
23:12
by his
23:12
faith
23:13
and the
23:13
power
23:14
of
23:14
reason
23:14
there's
23:15
the
23:15
empty
23:15
philosophy
23:16
there
23:16
the story
23:18
ends
23:18
like a
23:18
bad
23:19
dream
23:19
he has
23:20
scaled
23:20
the
23:20
mountains
23:21
of
23:21
ignorance
23:21
he is
23:22
about
23:22
to
23:22
conquer
23:23
the
23:23
highest
23:24
peak
23:24
and as
23:25
he pulls
23:25
himself
23:26
over
23:26
the
23:26
final
23:26
rock
23:27
he is
23:28
greeted
23:28
by a
23:28
band
23:29
of
23:29
theologians
23:30
who have
23:30
been sitting
23:31
there
23:31
for centuries
23:32
you have
23:34
to love
23:35
that
23:35
when science
23:35
and philosophy
23:37
find true
23:38
wisdom
23:39
does that
23:40
mean that we
23:41
should just
23:41
come to
23:42
God with
23:42
a blind
23:43
unreasoning
23:44
faith
23:44
absolutely
23:45
not
23:45
God's
23:46
given us
23:46
brains
23:47
and he
23:47
expects
23:48
us to
23:49
use them
23:49
to be
23:50
able to
23:50
reason
23:51
to be
23:51
able to
23:51
find
23:52
understanding
23:52
and ultimately
23:53
to be
23:53
able to
23:53
understand
23:54
who he
23:55
is
23:55
through
23:55
his
23:56
word
23:56
and through
23:56
the power
23:57
of the
23:57
spirit
23:57
revealing
23:58
himself
23:58
to us
23:59
that is
24:00
christian
24:01
there is
24:01
a whole
24:02
load
24:03
of
24:04
christian
24:04
philosophy
24:05
I took
24:05
a class
24:05
on a
24:06
seminary
24:06
and it
24:06
is
24:06
fascinating
24:07
and it
24:08
is in
24:09
the wisdom
24:09
that is
24:09
found in
24:10
his word
24:11
and given
24:11
to us
24:12
by the
24:12
holy
24:12
spirit
24:12
that we
24:12
find
24:13
understanding
24:13
of him
24:14
that we
24:14
can
24:15
understand
24:16
and know
24:16
him
24:16
and walk
24:17
by faith
24:18
in his
24:18
truth
24:18
as such
24:21
Paul continues
24:22
in verse
24:22
9
24:23
for
24:23
in
24:24
christ
24:24
all
24:26
the
24:26
fullness
24:26
of the
24:27
deity
24:27
lives
24:28
in bodily
24:29
form
24:29
and you
24:30
have been
24:31
given
24:31
fullness
24:32
in christ
24:33
who is
24:34
the head
24:34
over every
24:35
power
24:35
and authority
24:36
in other
24:37
words
24:37
who needs
24:38
the philosophy
24:39
of this
24:39
world
24:40
who needs
24:41
that
24:42
we
24:42
have the
24:44
fullness
24:44
of the
24:45
deity
24:46
of christ
24:46
in us
24:47
I love
24:50
how Paul
24:50
just kind
24:50
of throws
24:51
it in
24:51
there
24:51
it's
24:51
like
24:51
he's
24:51
saying
24:52
oh
24:52
and by
24:53
the way
24:53
he is
24:53
the head
24:53
of every
24:54
power
24:54
and every
24:54
authority
24:55
it's
24:55
all
24:56
these
24:56
philosophers
24:56
who are
24:57
climbing the
24:57
ladder
24:58
they're
24:58
working
24:58
their way
24:58
up
24:59
in this
24:59
thing
25:00
where they're
25:00
building
25:00
themselves
25:01
up
25:01
and they
25:02
almost have
25:03
this worship
25:03
of themselves
25:04
and how
25:05
their minds
25:06
have been able
25:06
to transform
25:06
from lowly
25:08
regular thinkers
25:09
into higher
25:09
upper level
25:10
thinkers
25:10
that have
25:11
this whole
25:12
thing
25:12
and it's
25:12
like Paul
25:12
saying
25:13
by the way
25:14
no matter
25:14
how far
25:15
you reach
25:15
in knowledge
25:16
no matter
25:16
how much
25:16
you gain
25:17
and what
25:17
you think
25:17
is wisdom
25:18
christ
25:19
still has
25:20
power over
25:21
you
25:21
he is
25:22
still
25:23
no matter
25:23
how much
25:24
you try
25:24
to reason
25:24
him out
25:25
of your
25:25
life
25:26
he is
25:27
still
25:27
in control
25:28
he is
25:29
still
25:29
sovereign
25:30
over
25:30
you
25:31
and he's
25:32
sovereign
25:32
over me
25:33
for the
25:34
believer
25:34
this is
25:35
incredible
25:35
news
25:36
because
25:36
his
25:36
fullness
25:37
is
25:37
imparted
25:38
to us
25:39
and
25:39
the
25:40
implications
25:40
of that
25:41
are
25:42
far
25:42
reaching
25:43
they're
25:44
far
25:44
reaching
25:45
for our
25:46
lives
25:46
I don't
25:46
even know
25:47
that I
25:47
can explain
25:48
it
25:48
in my
25:49
own
25:49
words
25:49
or in
25:51
the human
25:51
English
25:52
language
25:52
I don't
25:53
know
25:53
that I
25:53
can fully
25:53
explain
25:54
this
25:54
but I'm
25:55
going
25:55
to try
25:55
let me
25:55
help you
25:56
try to
25:56
understand
25:56
this
25:57
this word
25:57
for fullness
25:58
is
25:59
pleroma
25:59
Greek word
26:00
pleroma
26:01
and so
26:03
Christ
26:03
is the
26:04
pleroma
26:05
of God
26:06
Christ
26:08
is the
26:08
pleroma
26:09
of God
26:09
and we
26:10
are the
26:10
pleroma
26:11
in him
26:12
God
26:15
literally
26:16
passes
26:16
himself
26:17
to us
26:19
through
26:20
Christ
26:21
through the
26:22
sacrifice
26:23
that he
26:23
paid on
26:23
the cross
26:24
and we
26:25
have been
26:25
complete
26:26
in him
26:27
with
26:27
eternal
26:28
results
26:29
not just
26:29
temporary
26:30
results
26:30
we're so
26:30
used to
26:31
the
26:31
temporary
26:31
the way
26:32
we think
26:32
here on
26:33
this earth
26:33
we get
26:33
used to
26:34
that
26:34
this
26:34
has
26:35
eternal
26:35
results
26:36
in our
26:36
lives
26:37
you're
26:37
once
26:38
dead
26:38
in your
26:39
trespasses
26:39
completely
26:40
without
26:41
hope
26:42
destined
26:43
for
26:43
eternal
26:44
destruction
26:44
and in
26:45
one
26:45
glorious
26:46
moment
26:47
Christ
26:47
calls
26:48
you
26:48
out
26:48
of the
26:48
darkness
26:49
and
26:49
into
26:50
his
26:50
marvelous
26:50
light
26:51
and you
26:51
receive
26:52
the
26:52
fullness
26:52
the
26:52
pleroma
26:53
of
26:53
God
26:54
through
26:55
Christ
26:56
this is
26:56
huge
26:58
this is
26:58
tremendous
26:59
you are
26:59
now
26:59
complete
27:00
in him
27:01
you're
27:02
complete
27:03
in Christ
27:04
for the
27:04
believer
27:04
which means
27:05
by the way
27:06
that you
27:06
don't need
27:06
Dr.
27:07
Phil
27:07
to make
27:08
these little
27:09
statements
27:09
to make
27:10
you feel
27:10
better
27:10
you don't
27:12
need to
27:12
fill your
27:13
head with
27:13
Psycho
27:14
Bible
27:14
this empty
27:15
idea that
27:16
psychology
27:17
presents
27:17
to us
27:18
you don't
27:19
need
27:19
Sigmund
27:20
Freud
27:20
or
27:20
Frederick
27:21
Nietzsche
27:21
or
27:21
for crying
27:22
out loud
27:22
Ayn Rand
27:23
I don't
27:23
know why
27:24
we focus
27:24
so much
27:25
as believers
27:25
I see
27:26
believers
27:26
posting
27:27
Ayn Rand
27:27
quotes
27:28
all over
27:28
the place
27:29
she's
27:29
not a
27:30
believer
27:30
she had
27:32
a really
27:33
messed up
27:34
ethical
27:34
system
27:34
really
27:35
messed up
27:36
philosophy
27:36
we don't
27:39
need to
27:39
fill our
27:39
head with
27:40
unbiblical
27:40
ungodly
27:41
truths
27:41
you are
27:41
full
27:42
and
27:43
complete
27:43
in
27:44
Christ
27:44
this is
27:45
where Paul
27:45
is driving
27:46
us
27:46
towards
27:46
to understand
27:47
the fullness
27:48
and the
27:48
completeness
27:48
that we
27:49
have
27:49
as
27:49
believers
27:50
in
27:50
Christ
27:51
that we
27:51
can have
27:52
this
27:52
philosophy
27:53
this
27:53
world
27:54
view
27:54
through
27:54
scripture
27:55
that is
27:56
far
27:56
far
27:57
reaching
27:57
and far
27:58
above
27:58
any other
27:58
worldly
27:59
wisdom
27:59
or any
27:59
other
28:00
worldly
28:00
philosophy
28:01
that is
28:01
out
28:01
there
28:02
it's
28:03
not that
28:03
we don't
28:03
use
28:04
our
28:04
minds
28:04
it's
28:04
that we
28:05
supersede
28:05
because
28:06
of
28:06
Christ
28:06
because
28:07
of
28:07
the
28:07
philosophy
28:08
that is
28:08
taught
28:08
in
28:08
scripture
28:08
we
28:08
supersede
28:09
those
28:10
ideas
28:10
Paul
28:11
continues
28:12
on
28:12
in
28:14
him
28:14
you
28:14
are
28:14
also
28:15
circumcised
28:15
that's a
28:16
fun
28:16
word
28:16
don't
28:17
get
28:17
tripped
28:17
on it
28:17
just
28:18
yet
28:18
we're
28:18
not
28:18
talking
28:18
about
28:19
physical
28:19
circumcision
28:20
but in
28:20
him
28:21
you
28:21
were
28:21
also
28:22
circumcised
28:23
in the
28:23
putting
28:23
off
28:24
of the
28:24
sinful
28:25
nature
28:25
not
28:26
with the
28:27
circumcision
28:27
done
28:28
by hands
28:28
of men
28:29
but with
28:30
circumcision
28:30
done
28:31
by
28:31
Christ
28:31
having
28:33
been
28:33
buried
28:33
with
28:33
him
28:34
in
28:34
baptism
28:34
and
28:34
raised
28:35
with
28:35
him
28:35
through
28:36
your
28:36
faith
28:36
in
28:36
the
28:36
power
28:37
of
28:37
God
28:37
who
28:37
raised
28:38
you
28:38
from
28:39
the
28:39
dead
28:39
so
28:41
Paul
28:41
isn't
28:41
referring
28:42
to
28:42
a
28:43
physical
28:43
circumcision
28:44
what he's
28:45
talking about
28:46
is a
28:47
relatively
28:47
new
28:47
concept
28:48
to these
28:48
Colossians
28:49
okay
28:50
so
28:51
they would
28:51
have
28:51
understood
28:52
what
28:52
physical
28:53
circumcision
28:53
is
28:54
because
28:55
even
28:56
if
28:56
they
28:56
were
28:56
Gentiles
28:57
they
28:58
would
28:58
have
28:58
known
28:58
this
28:59
tradition
28:59
that
28:59
the
28:59
Jewish
29:00
people
29:00
were
29:01
practicing
29:01
up
29:02
until
29:02
this
29:02
point
29:03
and
29:04
so
29:05
he
29:05
says
29:05
this
29:05
is
29:05
not
29:05
a
29:06
physical
29:06
circumcision
29:07
this
29:07
is a
29:08
spiritual
29:08
putting
29:12
off
29:12
of
29:12
the
29:13
old
29:13
flesh
29:13
and
29:14
you
29:14
are
29:14
a
29:14
new
29:14
creation
29:15
in
29:15
him
29:16
he's
29:16
saying
29:17
look
29:17
your
29:17
salvation
29:19
is
29:19
absolutely
29:20
complete
29:21
there's
29:22
no need
29:23
to be
29:23
circumcised
29:23
you've
29:24
been
29:24
baptized
29:24
so
29:26
make
29:26
no
29:26
mistake
29:27
that
29:27
Paul
29:27
is
29:27
continuing
29:28
this
29:28
apologetic
29:29
he is
29:29
combating
29:30
the
29:31
philosophy
29:32
of this
29:33
time
29:33
that
29:33
people
29:34
have
29:34
during
29:35
this
29:35
time
29:36
among
29:36
many
29:36
heretical
29:37
movements
29:37
trying to
29:38
persuade
29:38
believers
29:39
from
29:39
truth
29:39
there
29:40
were
29:40
the
29:40
Judaizers
29:40
these
29:41
were
29:41
the
29:41
people
29:41
who
29:42
were
29:42
still
29:42
promoting
29:43
Jewish
29:44
ceremony
29:45
essentially
29:45
this
29:46
Jewish
29:46
ceremonial
29:47
law
29:47
that
29:47
Christ
29:47
had
29:48
come
29:48
not
29:48
to
29:48
abolish
29:49
but
29:49
to
29:49
fulfill
29:49
and
29:50
so
29:50
Christ
29:51
came
29:51
to
29:51
fulfill
29:52
this
29:52
law
29:53
and
29:54
these
29:55
Judaizers
29:55
believed
29:57
that
29:57
Christians
29:57
should
29:57
remain
29:58
true
29:59
to
30:00
Jewish
30:00
ceremonial
30:01
law
30:01
and
30:02
they
30:02
would
30:03
come
30:03
from
30:03
the
30:03
mindset
30:03
that's
30:04
fine
30:04
great
30:05
you believe
30:05
!
30:05
in
30:05
Jesus
30:06
Christ
30:06
but we
30:07
have
30:07
all these
30:08
ceremonies
30:09
that we
30:10
have to
30:10
keep
30:11
doing
30:11
and
30:11
you
30:11
need
30:11
to
30:11
be
30:12
circumcised
30:12
so
30:13
Paul
30:13
makes
30:14
a clear
30:14
distinction
30:14
here
30:15
we're
30:16
not
30:16
talking
30:17
about
30:17
surgery
30:17
we're
30:18
talking
30:18
about
30:19
putting
30:20
off
30:20
the
30:20
sinful
30:21
nature
30:21
that
30:21
we
30:21
were
30:21
born
30:22
with
30:22
having
30:25
been
30:25
buried
30:25
with
30:26
him
30:26
in
30:27
baptism
30:27
literally
30:28
immersion
30:29
or
30:30
submersion
30:31
being
30:32
raised
30:33
with
30:33
him
30:33
through
30:33
your
30:34
faith
30:35
in
30:35
the
30:35
power
30:35
of
30:36
God
30:36
what's
30:37
most
30:37
fascinating
30:38
about
30:38
this
30:38
is
30:39
that
30:39
Paul
30:39
doesn't
30:40
appear
30:41
that he
30:41
is talking
30:42
about
30:42
water
30:42
baptism
30:42
the
30:43
same
30:43
way
30:43
he's
30:43
not
30:43
talking
30:44
about
30:44
physical
30:44
circumcision
30:45
he's
30:45
not
30:46
talking
30:46
about
30:46
water
30:47
baptism
30:47
here
30:47
he's
30:48
talking
30:48
about
30:49
this
30:50
thing
30:51
that
30:51
happens
30:51
upon
30:51
regeneration
30:52
when we
30:52
come into
30:53
faith
30:53
in
30:54
Christ
30:54
there's
30:54
something
30:55
that
30:55
happens
30:56
to
30:56
us
30:56
and
30:56
we
30:57
are
30:57
immersed
30:57
in
30:58
him
30:58
and
30:58
along
30:59
with
30:59
that
30:59
all
30:59
of
31:00
our
31:00
sins
31:00
all
31:01
of
31:01
our
31:01
shame
31:01
all
31:02
the
31:02
horrible
31:02
things
31:03
that
31:03
we
31:03
committed
31:03
throughout
31:04
our
31:05
lifetime
31:05
all
31:06
of
31:06
these
31:06
things
31:06
are
31:07
immersed
31:07
in
31:08
Christ
31:08
you
31:08
are
31:08
buried
31:09
with
31:09
him
31:09
as
31:10
is
31:10
your
31:10
sin
31:10
everything
31:11
about
31:11
your
31:11
former
31:12
self
31:12
and
31:12
you
31:12
are
31:13
raised
31:13
to
31:13
new
31:13
life
31:14
in
31:14
him
31:14
everything
31:15
that
31:15
you
31:15
once
31:16
were
31:16
was
31:17
immersed
31:17
in
31:17
him
31:17
he
31:18
takes
31:18
on
31:19
that
31:19
sin
31:19
and
31:20
then
31:20
we
31:20
are
31:20
raised
31:20
to
31:20
new
31:21
life
31:21
amazing
31:23
truth
31:23
and by
31:24
the way
31:24
this
31:24
is
31:24
not
31:25
to
31:25
!
31:25
say
31:25
that
31:25
water
31:26
baptism
31:26
is
31:26
something
31:26
we
31:27
shouldn't
31:27
practice
31:27
we
31:27
are
31:28
absolutely
31:28
commanded
31:28
to
31:29
do
31:29
that
31:29
and
31:29
what
31:30
a
31:30
beautiful
31:30
picture
31:30
it
31:31
is
31:31
of
31:32
what
31:32
happens
31:32
to
31:32
us
31:33
upon
31:33
regeneration
31:33
this
31:34
immersion
31:34
in
31:35
Christ
31:35
that
31:35
happens
31:36
spiritually
31:36
speaking
31:37
and
31:38
we
31:38
do
31:39
we
31:39
do
31:40
baptism
31:40
through
31:40
immersion
31:41
so that
31:41
we
31:41
can
31:41
see
31:42
a
31:42
very
31:42
real
31:42
picture
31:43
of
31:43
what
31:44
happens
31:44
to
31:44
us
31:44
upon
31:45
regeneration
31:45
amazing
31:47
truth
31:47
and
31:47
it's
31:47
all
31:47
done
31:48
by
31:48
the
31:48
operation
31:49
of
31:49
God
31:50
through
31:50
his
31:50
son
31:51
and
31:52
the
31:56
everything
31:57
that
31:57
he
31:57
did
31:57
for
31:58
us
31:58
this
32:00
is
32:00
how
32:00
we
32:00
are
32:00
made
32:01
complete
32:01
in
32:01
him
32:02
verse
32:02
13
32:03
when
32:03
you
32:03
were
32:04
dead
32:04
in
32:05
your
32:05
sins
32:05
and
32:06
uncircumcision
32:07
of
32:07
your
32:07
sinful
32:07
nature
32:08
God
32:09
made
32:09
you
32:09
alive
32:10
with
32:11
Christ
32:11
he
32:13
forgave
32:14
us
32:14
not
32:14
some
32:15
not
32:15
most
32:15
but
32:16
all
32:16
of
32:17
our
32:17
sins
32:18
having
32:19
canceled
32:19
the
32:19
written
32:20
code
32:20
with
32:21
its
32:21
regulations
32:21
that
32:22
was
32:23
against
32:23
us
32:24
and
32:24
that
32:24
stood
32:24
opposed
32:25
to
32:25
us
32:25
he
32:26
took
32:26
it
32:26
away
32:27
nailing
32:28
it
32:28
to
32:28
the
32:28
cross
32:29
this
32:31
is
32:31
the
32:31
difference
32:31
between
32:32
a
32:32
believer
32:32
and
32:33
an
32:33
unbeliever
32:33
so
32:34
if
32:34
you
32:34
are
32:34
an
32:34
unbeliever
32:35
in here
32:35
this
32:36
morning
32:36
and
32:36
we
32:36
know
32:37
that
32:37
you're
32:37
amongst
32:37
us
32:38
and
32:38
we're
32:39
glad
32:39
that
32:39
you're
32:39
here
32:40
we're
32:40
glad
32:40
that
32:40
you're
32:40
hearing
32:41
God's
32:41
word
32:41
this
32:42
is
32:42
the
32:42
difference
32:42
between
32:42
a
32:43
believer
32:43
and
32:43
unbeliever
32:44
it's
32:44
the
32:44
difference
32:44
between
32:45
hope
32:45
and
32:45
hopelessness
32:46
!
32:56
it's
32:57
the
32:57
difference
32:57
between
32:57
being held
32:58
captive
32:58
by sin
32:59
and having
32:59
the freedom
33:00
from sin
33:01
through the
33:01
blood of
33:02
Jesus
33:02
Christ
33:02
see a lot
33:04
of times
33:04
as
33:04
unbelievers
33:05
I've talked
33:05
to
33:06
unbelievers
33:06
I like
33:07
conversing
33:07
with
33:08
unbelievers
33:08
because they
33:09
have a
33:09
different
33:09
perspective
33:10
than what
33:10
we do
33:11
I don't
33:11
tend to
33:12
judge
33:12
them
33:12
because
33:12
they
33:12
haven't
33:13
come in
33:13
and see
33:13
the
33:13
light
33:14
they don't
33:14
know
33:15
these
33:15
great
33:15
truths
33:15
yet
33:16
but
33:17
the
33:18
interesting
33:19
thing
33:19
is
33:19
they
33:19
think
33:19
that
33:20
this
33:20
Christianity
33:21
is all
33:21
about
33:22
a set
33:22
of
33:22
rules
33:22
and a set
33:23
of
33:23
morals
33:23
and that
33:23
you
33:24
are
33:24
then
33:25
entrapped
33:26
by
33:26
these
33:26
set
33:27
of
33:27
rules
33:27
once
33:27
you
33:27
come
33:27
into
33:28
faith
33:28
in
33:28
Jesus
33:28
Christ
33:29
it
33:29
couldn't
33:29
be
33:29
more
33:30
far
33:30
from
33:31
the
33:31
truth
33:31
that
33:31
is
33:31
a
33:31
lie
33:32
from
33:32
the
33:32
enemy
33:32
because
33:33
once
33:33
we
33:33
come
33:34
into
33:34
Christ
33:35
we
33:35
have
33:35
the
33:35
freedom
33:36
from
33:36
that
33:36
sin
33:36
we
33:37
have
33:37
the
33:37
!
33:37
freedom
33:37
!
33:37
from
33:37
that
33:37
bondage
33:38
of
33:38
sin
33:38
that
33:39
once
33:39
held
33:39
us
33:40
and
33:40
this
33:40
is
33:40
the
33:40
difference
33:40
between
33:41
a
33:41
believer
33:42
and
33:42
an
33:42
unbeliever
33:43
the
33:43
regenerate
33:44
and
33:44
the
33:44
unregenerate
33:44
what
33:45
Jesus
33:45
accomplished
33:46
on the
33:48
cross
33:48
was a
33:48
cancellation
33:49
of the
33:49
eternal
33:49
debt
33:50
that
33:50
we
33:50
owed
33:51
and
33:52
he
33:52
took
33:52
it
33:53
away
33:53
and
33:53
nailed
33:53
it
33:53
to
33:53
the
33:54
cross
33:54
and
33:55
having
33:56
disarmed
33:56
the
33:56
powers
33:57
and
33:57
authorities
33:58
he
33:58
made
33:58
a
33:58
public
33:59
spectacle
33:59
of
34:00
them
34:00
triumphing
34:01
over
34:02
them
34:02
by
34:03
the
34:03
cross
34:03
in
34:05
other
34:07
we
34:09
can
34:09
put
34:09
it
34:09
another
34:10
way
34:10
in
34:11
a
34:11
different
34:11
tense
34:11
that
34:12
Jesus
34:12
is
34:13
winning
34:13
and
34:14
has
34:14
won
34:14
he
34:17
has
34:17
the
34:18
final
34:18
victory
34:18
over
34:18
sin
34:19
over
34:19
death
34:20
over
34:20
powers
34:21
over
34:21
authorities
34:21
over
34:22
everything
34:22
in
34:23
this
34:23
world
34:23
in
34:23
him
34:24
we
34:24
have
34:24
that
34:24
same
34:25
victory
34:25
as
34:26
believers
34:26
which
34:27
means
34:28
that
34:29
we
34:29
have
34:29
all
34:30
the
34:30
more
34:30
reason
34:31
to
34:31
be
34:31
ready
34:32
to
34:32
give
34:32
an
34:32
account
34:33
for
34:33
the
34:33
hope
34:33
that
34:34
is
34:34
within
34:34
us
34:35
and
34:36
this
34:37
is
34:37
the
34:37
reason
34:37
why
34:37
I
34:37
so
34:38
readily
34:38
agreed
34:39
when
34:39
Nathan
34:39
asked
34:40
he
34:40
asked
34:40
if
34:41
I
34:41
would
34:42
be
34:42
willing
34:42
to
34:42
preach
34:42
for
34:42
either
34:43
one
34:43
or
34:43
two
34:43
I
34:44
readily
34:44
agreed
34:45
for
34:45
two
34:45
weeks
34:45
in
34:45
a
34:46
row
34:46
because
34:46
of
34:47
this
34:47
we're
34:48
going
34:48
to
34:48
get
34:48
into
34:48
right
34:49
now
34:49
we're
34:50
really
34:50
going
34:50
to
34:50
be
34:50
shifting
34:50
a
34:51
little
34:51
bit
34:51
into
34:51
a
34:52
transition
34:52
right
34:53
now
34:53
we're
34:54
going
34:54
to
34:54
bridge
34:54
the
34:54
gap
34:55
between
34:55
this
34:55
week
34:56
and
34:56
next
34:56
week
34:57
this
34:58
next
34:58
verse
34:59
that
34:59
we're
34:59
going
34:59
to
34:59
start
35:00
with
35:00
next
35:00
week
35:00
begins
35:01
with
35:01
therefore
35:02
therefore
35:03
which means
35:03
it connects
35:04
back to
35:05
this
35:05
week
35:05
in light
35:06
of the
35:06
truths
35:06
that we
35:07
talked
35:07
about
35:07
this
35:08
week
35:08
we're
35:08
going
35:08
to
35:08
see
35:08
the
35:08
application
35:09
of
35:10
those
35:10
truths
35:10
next
35:11
week
35:11
and
35:12
what
35:12
we see
35:12
is
35:12
Paul's
35:13
warning
35:13
not to
35:15
be
35:15
taken
35:15
by
35:15
empty
35:16
philosophy
35:16
then
35:17
he
35:17
demonstrates
35:18
how
35:18
the
35:18
completeness
35:18
in
35:19
Christ
35:19
gives
35:19
us
35:19
superiority
35:20
over
35:21
worldly
35:21
!
35:29
And
35:30
then
35:30
next
35:31
week
35:31
we
35:31
get
35:31
to
35:31
therefore
35:32
so
35:34
Paul
35:34
begins
35:34
to
35:34
combat
35:35
a
35:35
series
35:35
of
35:36
false
35:36
doctrines
35:37
that
35:37
have
35:37
made
35:38
their
35:38
way
35:38
into
35:39
the
35:39
church
35:39
that
35:40
the
35:40
church
35:40
is
35:40
at
35:40
risk
35:41
of
35:41
being
35:42
infiltrated
35:42
with
35:43
and
35:44
into
35:44
the
35:44
culture
35:44
of
35:44
Colossae
35:45
and
35:45
in
35:46
doing
35:46
so
35:46
his
35:47
discourse
35:48
is
35:49
using
35:49
expository
35:50
apologetics
35:51
Paul
35:51
uses
35:51
apologetics
35:52
in
35:53
order
35:53
to
35:53
teach
35:54
the
35:55
church
35:55
of
35:56
Colossae
35:56
and
35:57
so
35:58
want
35:58
to
35:58
give
35:58
us
35:58
some
35:58
things
35:59
to
35:59
be
35:59
thinking
35:59
about
35:59
before
35:59
we
35:59
head
36:00
into
36:00
next
36:00
week's
36:00
passage
36:01
we've
36:01
already
36:01
defined
36:02
expository
36:02
apologetics
36:03
in its
36:03
basic form
36:04
is knowing
36:05
what we
36:05
believe
36:05
why we
36:06
believe
36:07
it
36:07
right
36:07
and
36:08
then
36:08
being
36:08
able
36:08
to
36:08
communicate
36:09
those
36:09
truths
36:09
effectively
36:10
to
36:11
other
36:11
people
36:11
that's
36:11
the
36:11
important
36:12
part
36:12
being
36:12
able
36:12
to
36:13
effectively
36:13
communicate
36:14
those
36:14
truths
36:14
to
36:15
other
36:15
people
36:15
so
36:17
the
36:18
bible
36:18
talks
36:18
about
36:18
apologetics
36:19
throughout
36:20
for
36:20
example
36:20
in
36:21
in
36:21
Exodus
36:21
9
36:22
16
36:23
God
36:23
says
36:28
to
36:28
this
36:29
guy
36:29
who
36:30
has
36:30
kept
36:30
the
36:31
Israelites
36:31
in
36:32
captivity
36:32
for
36:33
hundreds
36:33
of
36:33
years
36:34
to
36:34
show
36:35
for
36:35
this
36:36
purpose
36:36
I
36:36
have
36:36
raised
36:37
you
36:37
up
36:37
to
36:38
show
36:38
you
36:38
my
36:39
power
36:39
so
36:39
that
36:39
my
36:40
name
36:40
may
36:40
be
36:41
proclaimed
36:41
in
36:42
all
36:42
the
36:42
earth
36:43
one
36:44
of the
36:44
purposes
36:44
for
36:45
Israel's
36:45
time
36:46
in
36:46
Egypt
36:46
one
36:47
of the
36:48
purposes
36:48
for
36:48
the
36:48
plagues
36:49
that
36:49
happened
36:49
one
36:50
of the
36:50
purposes
36:50
for
36:51
all
36:51
these
36:51
things
36:51
is
36:51
to
36:51
demonstrate
36:52
his
36:53
superiority
36:53
over
36:54
the
36:54
gods
36:54
of
36:54
Egypt
36:54
little
36:55
g
36:55
gods
36:55
these
36:56
false
36:56
gods
36:57
that
36:57
they
36:57
served
36:58
or
36:59
that
36:59
they
36:59
worshipped
36:59
not
37:00
just
37:01
for
37:01
the
37:01
Egyptians
37:02
not
37:02
just
37:03
for
37:03
everybody
37:03
looking
37:04
from
37:04
the
37:04
outside
37:04
into
37:05
the
37:05
situation
37:06
but
37:06
also
37:06
for
37:07
the
37:07
Israelites
37:08
the
37:09
Israelites
37:09
have been
37:09
in
37:09
captivity
37:10
for
37:10
hundreds
37:10
of
37:11
years
37:11
at
37:11
this
37:12
point
37:12
and
37:13
God
37:13
didn't
37:13
want
37:14
to
37:14
take
37:14
the
37:14
Israelites
37:14
out
37:15
of
37:15
Egypt
37:15
before
37:16
taking
37:16
Egypt
37:17
out
37:17
of
37:17
the
37:17
Israelites
37:17
and
37:18
so
37:18
the
37:18
plagues
37:19
also
37:19
applied
37:20
to
37:20
the
37:21
Israelites
37:21
and
37:22
then
37:23
little
37:23
by
37:23
little
37:23
you
37:24
begin
37:24
to
37:24
see
37:24
the
37:24
plagues
37:25
not
37:25
not
37:26
being
37:26
for
37:28
the
37:28
Israelites
37:28
the
37:28
Israelites
37:29
were
37:29
omitted
37:30
from
37:30
these
37:30
plagues
37:31
throughout
37:32
times
37:32
but
37:32
God
37:32
said
37:32
I'm
37:33
setting
37:33
a
37:33
people
37:33
apart
37:34
for
37:34
myself
37:35
and
37:35
I'm
37:35
doing
37:36
this
37:36
for
37:36
my
37:36
glory
37:37
and
37:37
you
37:37
look
37:37
at
37:37
the
37:37
way
37:38
that
37:38
God
37:38
releases
37:38
them
37:39
from
37:39
the
37:39
captivity
37:40
in
37:40
Egypt
37:41
and
37:41
he
37:41
does
37:42
so
37:42
in
37:42
a
37:42
way
37:42
that
37:43
only
37:43
God
37:43
can
37:44
do
37:44
it
37:44
how
37:46
many
37:46
people
37:46
do
37:47
you
37:47
know
37:47
can
37:47
take
37:47
a
37:47
staff
37:48
and
37:48
part
37:48
this
37:48
huge
37:49
body
37:49
of
37:49
water
37:49
I don't
37:50
know
37:50
anybody
37:50
can
37:50
do
37:50
that
37:50
it's
37:51
only
37:51
a
37:51
work
37:51
of
37:51
God
37:52
that
37:52
can
37:52
do
37:52
something
37:53
like
37:53
that
37:53
so
37:53
God
37:54
does
37:54
it
37:54
so
37:55
he
37:55
can
37:55
glorify
37:56
himself
37:56
and
37:57
he
37:57
says
37:57
he
37:58
does
37:58
it
37:58
to
37:58
show
37:59
his
37:59
power
37:59
that
38:00
by
38:00
his
38:01
name
38:01
his
38:02
name
38:03
may
38:03
be
38:03
proclaimed
38:04
in
38:04
all
38:04
the
38:05
earth
38:05
so
38:06
God
38:07
participates
38:08
in
38:08
apologetics
38:09
titus
38:09
1
38:10
9
38:10
apologetics
38:11
and
38:11
pastoral
38:12
ministry
38:12
he
38:14
must
38:14
hold
38:14
firm
38:15
to
38:15
the
38:15
trustworthy
38:15
word
38:16
as
38:16
taught
38:17
so
38:17
that
38:17
he
38:18
may
38:18
be
38:18
able
38:18
to
38:18
give
38:19
instruction
38:19
and
38:20
sound
38:21
doctrine
38:21
and
38:21
to
38:21
rebuke
38:22
those
38:22
who
38:23
contradict
38:24
it
38:24
apologetics
38:26
is
38:26
required
38:27
for
38:27
every
38:28
elder
38:28
those
38:28
of
38:28
you
38:28
who
38:29
are
38:29
looking
38:29
into
38:30
becoming
38:31
an
38:31
elder
38:31
or
38:32
pastor
38:32
or
38:32
maybe
38:32
pastoral
38:33
ministry
38:33
apologetics
38:35
is
38:35
required
38:35
for
38:36
you
38:36
if
38:37
you're
38:37
!
38:37
not
38:37
an
38:37
!
38:37
anthropologist
38:38
you
38:38
are
38:38
not
38:38
qualified
38:39
to
38:40
be
38:40
an
38:40
elder
38:40
that's
38:44
what
38:44
the
38:44
book
38:44
says
38:45
you
38:45
must
38:45
be
38:46
able
38:46
to
38:46
rebuke
38:46
those
38:47
who
38:47
practice
38:47
sound
38:48
doctrine
38:48
it
38:48
also
38:48
applies
38:49
to
38:49
every
38:49
believer
38:50
you
38:50
might
38:50
say
38:50
okay
38:51
I'm
38:51
not
38:52
going
38:52
to
38:53
pastoral
38:53
ministry
38:53
I'm
38:54
not
38:54
going
38:54
to
38:54
be
38:54
an
38:54
elder
38:54
I'm
38:55
not
38:55
going
38:55
to
38:55
be
38:56
a
38:56
pastor
38:56
this
38:58
applies
38:58
to
38:58
you
38:59
as
38:59
well
38:59
1
38:59
Peter
38:59
3
39:00
15
39:00
!
39:00
in
39:01
your
39:01
hearts
39:01
honor
39:02
Christ
39:03
the
39:03
Lord
39:03
as
39:04
holy
39:04
always
39:05
being
39:05
prepared
39:06
to
39:06
make
39:06
a
39:06
defense
39:07
for
39:07
everyone
39:08
who
39:08
asks
39:08
you
39:09
for
39:09
the
39:09
reason
39:10
for
39:10
the
39:10
hope
39:10
that
39:10
is
39:11
in
39:11
you
39:11
yet
39:12
do
39:12
it
39:13
with
39:13
gentleness
39:13
and
39:14
respect
39:15
and
39:16
that's
39:16
key
39:16
there
39:17
folks
39:17
doing
39:18
this
39:18
with
39:18
gentleness
39:19
and
39:19
respect
39:20
we're
39:20
not
39:20
shutting
39:21
people
39:21
down
39:21
we're
39:21
not
39:21
doing
39:21
this
39:22
we're
39:22
going
39:22
to
39:22
get
39:22
into
39:22
this
39:22
more
39:22
next
39:22
week
39:23
but
39:23
that's
39:24
every
39:24
believer
39:24
every
39:25
believer
39:25
called
39:26
to
39:27
apologetics
39:28
commanded
39:29
to be
39:30
an
39:30
apologist
39:30
not
39:31
just
39:31
there
39:31
in
39:32
Jude
39:32
chapter
39:33
3
39:33
beloved
39:33
although
39:34
I
39:35
was
39:35
very
39:35
eager
39:36
to
39:36
write
39:36
to
39:37
you
39:37
about
39:38
our
39:38
common
39:38
salvation
39:39
I
39:39
find
39:40
it
39:40
necessary
39:40
to
39:40
write
39:41
to
39:41
you
39:41
appealing
39:41
to
39:42
you
39:42
to
39:43
contend
39:43
for
39:43
the
39:44
faith
39:44
that
39:45
was
39:45
once
39:45
for
39:46
all
39:46
delivered
39:47
to
39:47
the
39:47
saints
39:47
this
39:48
contending
39:49
for
39:50
the
39:50
faith
39:50
is
39:51
apologetics
39:52
it's
39:54
contending
39:54
for
39:54
the
39:54
faith
39:55
and
39:56
this
39:56
is
39:56
what
39:57
Paul
39:57
is
39:57
doing
39:57
throughout
39:57
the
39:58
book
39:58
of
39:58
Colossians
39:58
from
39:59
the
39:59
beginning
39:59
to
39:59
the
40:00
end
40:00
so
40:01
if
40:02
that
40:02
is
40:02
true
40:02
if
40:03
every
40:03
believer
40:03
is
40:04
called
40:04
to
40:05
expository
40:06
apologetics
40:07
why
40:08
do
40:08
most
40:08
of
40:09
us
40:09
not
40:09
do
40:09
it
40:10
for
40:11
some
40:11
of
40:11
us
40:11
maybe
40:11
it was
40:12
because
40:12
we
40:12
didn't
40:12
realize
40:12
that
40:13
there
40:13
was
40:13
a
40:13
call
40:13
to
40:14
this
40:15
thing
40:15
maybe
40:16
some
40:16
of
40:16
us
40:17
are
40:17
just
40:17
now
40:17
learning
40:17
about
40:18
what
40:18
apologetics
40:18
is
40:19
but
40:20
now
40:21
you
40:21
know
40:21
so
40:22
that's
40:22
not
40:22
an
40:22
excuse
40:22
anymore
40:23
right
40:23
you
40:24
know
40:24
now
40:24
but
40:26
I
40:26
think
40:26
the
40:26
reality
40:27
is
40:27
that
40:27
most
40:28
of
40:28
us
40:28
don't
40:28
practice
40:29
this
40:29
because
40:30
we
40:30
think
40:30
apologetics
40:31
is
40:31
for
40:31
the
40:31
elite
40:32
Christians
40:32
it's
40:33
for the
40:33
Ravi
40:34
Zacharias
40:34
and for
40:35
those who
40:36
are
40:36
seminary
40:36
professors
40:37
and those
40:38
who
40:38
are
40:39
elite
40:40
what we
40:41
think of
40:41
as being
40:42
elite
40:42
Christians
40:43
we
40:45
believe
40:45
that
40:46
apologetics
40:46
requires
40:47
a certain
40:47
level of
40:48
knowledge
40:48
of
40:49
science
40:49
and
40:50
philosophy
40:51
and logic
40:51
and how
40:52
to debate
40:52
people
40:53
we
40:54
believe
40:54
that
40:54
apologetics
40:55
requires
40:55
an intimate
40:56
knowledge
40:56
of cults
40:57
and heresies
40:58
and we
40:59
think that
41:00
if we
41:00
don't have
41:01
this
41:01
then
41:01
maybe
41:02
we
41:03
can't
41:04
do
41:04
this
41:05
ourselves
41:05
so
41:07
this is
41:07
what I
41:07
want you
41:08
to think
41:08
about
41:08
over
41:08
the
41:08
next
41:09
week
41:09
this
41:09
is
41:09
what
41:09
I
41:09
want
41:09
you
41:09
to
41:09
meditate
41:10
over
41:10
in addition
41:12
to
41:12
whatever
41:12
your
41:12
currently
41:13
doing
41:13
in your
41:13
own
41:13
quiet
41:14
time
41:14
I
41:14
want
41:15
you
41:15
to
41:15
think
41:15
about
41:16
this
41:16
and I
41:16
want
41:16
you
41:16
to
41:17
take
41:17
this
41:17
with
41:17
you
41:17
and
41:17
chew
41:18
on
41:18
it
41:18
over
41:19
the
41:19
next
41:19
week
41:19
until
41:20
we
41:20
get
41:20
to
41:20
next
41:21
Sunday
41:21
there
41:22
are
41:23
66
41:23
books
41:24
of
41:24
the
41:24
Bible
41:24
most
41:25
of
41:25
us
41:25
know
41:26
that
41:26
66
41:26
books
41:27
of
41:27
the
41:27
Bible
41:27
and
41:28
there's
41:28
not
41:29
going
41:29
to
41:29
be
41:29
anymore
41:30
the
41:31
canon
41:32
is
41:32
closed
41:32
so
41:34
we're
41:34
going
41:35
to
41:35
always
41:35
have
41:36
66
41:36
books
41:37
of
41:38
the
41:38
Bible
41:38
Scripture
41:38
is
41:39
already
41:39
complete
41:40
which
41:41
means
41:42
there
41:42
are
41:43
a
41:43
limited
41:43
number
41:44
of
41:44
things
41:44
that
41:44
we
41:45
believe
41:45
there
41:47
are
41:47
a
41:47
limited
41:47
number
41:47
of
41:47
things
41:47
we
41:48
believe
41:48
everybody
41:50
track
41:50
with me
41:50
so far
41:51
there's
41:51
a
41:51
Bible
41:51
there's
41:52
only
41:52
66
41:53
books
41:53
that's
41:54
there
41:54
we're
41:54
not
41:54
going
41:54
to
41:55
add
41:55
any
41:55
more
41:55
therefore
41:55
we
41:56
have
41:56
a
41:56
limited
41:56
number
41:57
of
41:57
things
41:57
that
41:57
we
41:57
believe
41:57
!
42:08
which
42:09
means
42:09
that
42:09
there
42:09
are
42:09
a
42:09
limited
42:10
number
42:10
of
42:10
objections
42:10
that
42:11
we
42:11
must
42:11
answer
42:12
in
42:13
apologetics
42:14
as we
42:14
contend for
42:15
the
42:15
faith
42:15
and
42:16
thirdly
42:17
there's
42:18
a
42:18
source
42:18
to
42:18
those
42:19
answers
42:19
and
42:19
most
42:20
of
42:20
you
42:20
brought
42:20
that
42:20
source
42:21
with
42:21
you
42:21
this
42:21
morning
42:22
and
42:23
we've
42:23
been
42:23
reading
42:23
from
42:24
it
42:24
this
42:25
is
42:25
our
42:26
truth
42:26
source
42:27
we
42:28
have
42:29
the
42:29
answers
42:30
here
42:31
within
42:31
scripture
42:32
so
42:34
everybody
42:34
with
42:34
me
42:34
there's
42:35
a
42:35
limited
42:35
!
42:35
number
42:36
of
42:36
things
42:36
that
42:36
we
42:36
believe
42:37
there's
42:37
a
42:37
limited
42:37
number
42:38
of
42:38
objections
42:38
that
42:38
can
42:38
be
42:39
raised
42:39
and
42:40
we
42:40
have
42:41
the
42:41
source
42:41
for
42:41
the
42:41
answers
42:42
to
42:42
those
42:42
objections
42:43
which
42:44
means
42:44
the
42:46
answers
42:46
are
42:47
already
42:47
there
42:47
we
42:47
don't
42:47
have
42:48
to
42:48
make
42:48
them
42:48
up
42:48
we
42:49
don't
42:49
have
42:49
to
42:49
think
42:49
of
42:50
this
42:50
amazing
42:50
elaborate
42:51
argument
42:51
for it
42:52
we
42:52
already
42:53
have
42:53
the
42:53
answers
42:53
we
42:53
don't
42:54
have
42:54
to
42:54
make
42:54
them
42:55
up
42:55
which
42:56
means
42:56
that
42:56
you
42:56
can
42:56
do
42:57
it
42:57
it
42:58
!
42:58
it
42:58
!
42:58
it
42:58
!
42:58
this
42:58
whole
42:58
apologetics
42:59
thing
43:00
is
43:00
doable
43:01
you
43:01
don't
43:01
have
43:02
to
43:02
have
43:02
a
43:02
high
43:03
level
43:03
degree
43:03
master
43:04
of
43:04
divinity
43:04
doctorate
43:05
whatever
43:05
you
43:06
don't
43:06
have
43:07
to
43:07
be
43:07
Ravi
43:07
Zacharias
43:08
who
43:08
by the
43:08
way
43:08
is
43:08
really
43:09
good
43:09
at
43:09
it
43:09
because
43:09
he's
43:09
been
43:10
doing
43:10
it
43:10
for
43:10
so
43:10
long
43:10
we
43:11
get
43:12
better
43:12
and
43:12
better
43:13
as
43:13
we
43:13
go
43:13
through
43:14
these
43:14
things
43:14
as
43:15
we
43:15
practice
43:16
it
43:16
but
43:17
you
43:17
can
43:17
do
43:17
this
43:18
no
43:18
matter
43:18
how
43:18
young
43:19
or
43:19
old
43:20
if
43:20
you're
43:20
in
43:28
for
43:28
the
43:29
faith
43:29
it's
43:30
amazing
43:31
it's
43:31
amazing
43:32
that
43:32
three
43:32
year
43:33
olds
43:33
even
43:33
two
43:33
year
43:33
olds
43:34
can
43:34
do
43:34
this
43:34
if
43:35
they
43:35
can
43:35
speak
43:35
they
43:35
can
43:35
do
43:36
this
43:36
we
43:36
practice
43:36
catechisms
43:37
in our
43:38
home
43:38
usually
43:39
during
43:39
dinner
43:40
time
43:40
just
43:41
a
43:41
good
43:41
time
43:41
for
43:41
us
43:41
to
43:41
ask
43:42
questions
43:42
and
43:43
provide
43:43
answers
43:44
by
43:44
the
43:44
way
43:44
if
43:44
you
43:44
don't
43:44
know
43:44
what
43:44
a
43:44
catechism
43:45
is
43:45
it's
43:46
a
43:46
question
43:47
that
43:48
has
43:48
a
43:49
predefined
43:50
response
43:50
and
43:51
then
43:51
as
43:51
we
43:58
Joseph
43:59
he
43:59
filters
44:00
the
44:00
questions
44:00
that
44:00
people
44:01
ask
44:01
him
44:01
through
44:01
what
44:02
he
44:02
knows
44:02
to
44:02
be
44:02
true
44:03
and
44:03
what
44:03
we've
44:03
taught
44:04
him
44:04
through
44:04
catechisms
44:05
and so
44:06
we've
44:06
had people
44:07
ask him
44:07
questions
44:08
like
44:08
man
44:09
where did
44:09
you get
44:09
those
44:09
beautiful
44:10
blue
44:10
eyes
44:10
and you
44:11
expect
44:12
a
44:12
two
44:12
or
44:12
three
44:12
year old
44:12
to
44:13
say
44:13
mommy
44:14
or daddy
44:14
or
44:15
he might
44:16
try to
44:16
reason
44:17
through
44:17
something
44:17
like
44:17
daddy
44:18
has
44:18
blue
44:18
eyes
44:19
mommy
44:19
has
44:20
green
44:20
eyes
44:20
so
44:20
he
44:20
must
44:21
have
44:21
got
44:21
my
44:22
blue
44:28
he
44:29
filters
44:30
things
44:30
through
44:31
this
44:31
category
44:31
and by
44:32
the way
44:32
he's
44:32
not
44:32
perfect
44:33
we're
44:33
not
44:33
perfect
44:33
parents
44:34
we're
44:34
not
44:34
trying
44:35
to
44:35
pretend
44:36
like
44:36
we
44:36
are
44:36
but
44:37
he
44:38
filters
44:38
these
44:39
things
44:39
through
44:39
this
44:40
list
44:40
of
44:40
questions
44:41
that
44:41
he
44:41
goes
44:42
through
44:42
and
44:43
when
44:43
he
44:43
was
44:43
asked
44:44
where did
44:44
you
44:44
get
44:44
the
44:44
blue
44:44
eyes
44:45
from
44:45
he
44:45
didn't
44:45
even
44:46
miss
44:46
a
44:46
beat
44:46
he
44:46
says
44:47
from
44:47
God
44:47
from
44:49
God
44:49
of
44:50
course
44:50
it's
44:50
from
44:50
God
44:50
and
44:50
he
44:50
was
44:51
right
44:51
I
44:52
didn't
44:52
choose
44:52
his
44:53
eye
44:53
color
44:53
we
44:54
didn't
44:55
choose
44:55
his
44:55
eye
44:55
color
44:55
it's
44:55
not
44:56
like
44:56
you
44:56
can
44:56
go
44:56
to
44:57
a
44:57
drive
44:57
through
44:57
and
44:58
request
44:59
these
45:00
things
45:00
from
45:00
God
45:01
or
45:02
anybody
45:02
else
45:02
I
45:02
like
45:03
to
45:03
have
45:03
a
45:03
blonde
45:04
hair
45:04
blue
45:04
eyed
45:05
child
45:05
that's
45:06
well
45:06
balanced
45:06
with the
45:07
side
45:08
of
45:08
a
45:08
large
45:09
ability
45:10
to
45:10
learn
45:10
and a
45:11
medium
45:11
order
45:12
of
45:12
athleticism
45:13
it's
45:14
not
45:14
like
45:14
we
45:14
can
45:14
do
45:15
this
45:15
and
45:16
order
45:16
these
45:16
things
45:17
that's
45:17
not
45:17
how
45:17
it
45:17
works
45:18
but
45:19
Joseph
45:19
got
45:20
the
45:20
answer
45:20
right
45:21
and
45:22
he
45:22
got
45:22
the
45:22
answer
45:22
right
45:23
in
45:23
front
45:24
of
45:24
someone
45:24
who
45:24
as far
45:25
as I
45:25
know
45:25
hasn't
45:26
been to
45:26
church
45:26
in a
45:26
long
45:27
time
45:27
it's
45:29
really
45:30
really
45:30
cool
45:30
to hear
45:31
the way
45:32
this
45:32
works
45:33
why
45:34
did
45:34
he
45:34
get
45:34
the
45:34
answer
45:35
right
45:35
is
45:35
because
45:35
his
45:36
first
45:36
catechism
45:37
question
45:37
is
45:38
who
45:38
made
45:39
you
45:39
God
45:41
made
45:41
me
45:41
what
45:42
else
45:42
did
45:43
God
45:43
make
45:43
God
45:43
made
45:43
all
45:44
things
45:44
why
45:45
did
45:45
God
45:45
make
45:46
you
45:46
in
45:48
all
45:46
things
45:46
for
45:46
his
45:47
glory
45:47
how
45:47
can
45:47
you
45:47
glorify
45:48
God
45:48
by
45:48
loving
45:49
him
45:49
and
45:49
doing
45:49
what
45:49
he
45:50
commands
45:50
where
45:50
is
45:50
God
45:51
God
45:51
is
45:51
everywhere
45:52
can
45:52
you
45:52
see
45:52
God
45:53
no
45:53
but
45:53
God
45:53
always
45:53
sees
45:54
me
45:54
the
45:54
list
45:54
can
45:55
go
45:55
on
45:55
and
45:55
on
45:55
and
45:55
on
45:56
do
45:56
you
45:56
realize
45:57
how much
45:57
theology
45:58
that
45:58
you
45:58
can
45:58
learn
45:59
through
45:59
catechisms
46:00
that
46:00
your
46:01
children
46:01
can
46:01
learn
46:02
through
46:02
catechisms
46:03
alone
46:04
somebody
46:06
asked
46:06
them
46:07
where
46:07
is
46:07
God
46:07
!
46:08
don't
46:16
He
46:16
is
46:16
everywhere
46:17
He
46:17
is
46:17
omnipresent
46:18
which
46:19
means
46:19
that
46:19
He
46:19
is
46:19
everywhere
46:20
and
46:20
His
46:20
answer
46:21
was
46:21
right
46:21
God
46:21
is
46:21
everywhere
46:22
if
46:22
my
46:23
three
46:23
year
46:23
old
46:23
can
46:24
contend
46:24
for
46:24
the
46:25
faith
46:25
you
46:25
can
46:26
too
46:26
you
46:27
can
46:28
we
46:28
caught
46:29
him
46:29
we
46:29
walked
46:29
in
46:29
on
46:30
Joseph
46:31
sharing
46:32
his
46:33
faith
46:33
though
46:34
I
46:34
don't
46:34
know
46:35
I
46:35
don't
46:35
think
46:35
he's
46:35
regenerate
46:36
I
46:36
don't
46:36
think
46:36
he
46:36
fully
46:36
understands
46:37
all
46:38
these
46:38
truths
46:38
yet
46:39
but
46:39
he's
46:39
filtering
46:40
these
46:40
things
46:40
through
46:46
but
47:08
don't
47:08
be
47:08
able
47:08
to
47:08
make
47:08
it
47:09
next
47:09
week
47:09
it
47:09
will
47:10
be
47:10
online
47:10
try to
47:11
make
47:11
every
47:11
effort
47:11
to
47:12
be
47:12
here
47:12
or
47:13
make
47:13
the
47:13
commitment
47:13
right
47:14
now
47:14
that
47:15
you
47:15
want
47:15
to
47:15
go
47:15
online
47:15
to
47:16
watch
47:16
it
47:16
after
47:16
it
47:16
over
47:17
we
47:17
are
47:17
going
47:17
to
47:18
pick
47:18
back
47:18
up
47:19
on
47:19
this
47:19
idea
47:19
of
47:20
expository
47:20
apologetics
47:21
and
47:22
talk
47:22
to
47:22
you
47:22
about
47:22
some
47:22
tools
47:23
you
47:23
can
47:23
use
47:24
in
47:24
doing
47:24
this
47:24
I've
47:24
already
47:24
told you
47:25
about
47:25
one
47:25
of
47:25
them
47:25
catechisms
47:27
is
47:27
a
47:27
great
47:27
tool
47:28
that
47:28
we
47:28
can
47:28
use
47:29
in
47:29
helping
47:30
us
47:30
to
47:31
quickly
47:31
come up
47:32
with
47:32
answers
47:32
and
47:33
we're
47:33
going
47:33
to
47:33
see
47:33
how
47:34
Paul
47:34
does
47:34
this
47:35
in
47:35
Colossians
47:35
chapter
47:35
2
47:36
how he
47:36
can
47:36
backs
47:37
these
47:37
ideas
47:37
so
47:38
if
47:38
he
47:38
can
47:38
be
47:39
here
47:39
try
47:41
to
47:41
make
47:41
it
47:41
where
47:41
he
47:41
can
47:41
be
47:42
here
47:42
if
47:42
not
47:42
make
47:43
sure
47:43
you
47:43
make
47:43
the
47:43
commitment
47:43
to
47:44
see
47:44
it
47:44
online
47:45
it's
47:45
not
47:45
going
47:45
to
47:45
be
47:45
good
47:45
because
47:46
I'm
47:46
teaching
47:46
it
47:46
it's
47:46
going
47:46
be
47:47
good
47:47
because
47:47
God's
47:47
word
47:48
is
47:48
good
47:48
so
47:49
let's
47:49
pray
47:49
together